Definition of "backdoor" []

• Secret or surreptitious; clandestine: a backdoor romance. (adjective)
• Sports Of or directed toward a player who has slipped behind the opposing defense: a backdoor pass. (adjective)

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• "Kind of brings new meaning to the term backdoor pass."
• "We have got what we call a backdoor cold front which is dropping through the region."
• "Simon Derrick, of Bank of New York Mellon, said the move was fuelling speculation that Beijing was involved in backdoor deals with the US administration to nudge its currency upwards."